The phrase "article means" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when defining or explaining the meaning of a specific article or term in a text.
Example: "In this context, the term 'article means' refers to the definition provided in the preceding section."
Alternatives: "the term refers to" or "the definition is".
"Children," for the purpose of this article, means preschool children.
The decline of the North Sea (see article) means that domestic production no longer always meets demand.
That got me thinking a lot about what this article means not just for the anti-government argument on the right but also for the populist left.
The present article means only to describe in as general a way as possible certain properties of poetry and of poetic thought regarded as in some sense independent modes of the mind.
These swing states now mean that Barack Obama, who has recently seemed to be cruising towards the Democratic nomination, may have a problem.Hillary Clinton's nine-point win on April 22nd (see article) means she has bested Mr Obama in Florida, Ohio and now Pennsylvania the three most important swing states.
A combination of national pride, political and trade union pressure, family loyalty to carmaking (think of the Agnelli and Ford clans) and new entrants such as the South Koreans (see article) means that capacity keeps growing, or does not shrink as fast as economic pressures demand.
The article, meant to poke fun at the panic created by the nationwide anthrax scare, ended up causing just that.
–What did Helga Markus, cited in the article, mean when she said, "I feel a bit like an American.
They say the article meant that that she had "falsely and inexcusably accused her fellow churchgoers of behaving in a bigoted, unchristian manner towards her, of stigmatising her and cruelly taunting her for being a single mother".
In the April issue of Esquire, published by Hearst Magazines, Ted C. Fishman wrote an article meant to parody the abundance of Web sites for products that seemed too good to be true.
The "X" article meant sudden fame for Kennan.
